Mecha Mummy

Crap, last I checked I was still waiting for Flagg to go, like, yesterday. Well, anyway, I was going to pick up on the "awesome guest star" theme of this round, but then Flagg reminded me of a pick I'd been meaning to make due to his pick of a recurring character who's been on the show forever and has yet to be given an actual real name. So, my sixth pick is... Old Jewish Man "The Old Grey Mare, she ain't what she used to be/ain't what she used to be/ain't what she used to be..."

The first time I heard "Dolphins Cry" I seriously thought it was like a novelty joke song or something. I'm still astonished to think that they were being serious with that.

I'm surprised that I'm the first person to mention MVP's theme. It's absolutely perfect for him and the ticking clock sound effect at the very start is really great.

See, I was thinking of a TV Character draft in general the other day, though the problem with that might be that it'd be so deep in scope that it could get overlong and also it wouldn't quite have the same charm this one does where eventually it's everyone sniping one-shot characters. Also, oh man, I forgot about Gabbo entirely. That episode was fantastic.

God, I somehow blinked and missed Darryl's strut and I'm going to have to seek it out on Hulu tomorrow. Ryan's utter mortification when he realized that all he did was shove himself right back into his trainwreck relationship with Kelly (by far my favorite relationship in the series) with no upside to it was absolute gold.

GROUP A "Build me up Buttercup" by The Foundations vs "Ring Of Fire" by Johnny Cash "8 Miles High" by the Byrds vs "Respect" by Aretha Franklin "Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys vs "Cupid" by Sam Cooke "Sunshine Of Your Love" by Cream vs "She's Not There" by The Zombies "The House Of The Rising Sun" by the Animals vs "Sounds of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkle "Bonnie and Clyde" by Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot vs "She Loves You" by The Beatles "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye vs "Mr. Tambourine Man" by Bob Dylan "Good Vibrations" by Beach Boys vs "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash GROUP B "Eight Days A Week" by The Beatles vs "Dance to the Music" by Sly & the Family Stone "My Way" by Frank Sinatra vs "Hey Jude" by The Beatles "My Girl" by The Temptations vs "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks "Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin vs "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In" by The First Edition vs "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King vs "Visions of Johanna" by Bob Dylan "Daydream Believer" by The Monkees vs "Jumpin Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison vs "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke GROUP C "Space Oddity" by David Bowie vs "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Elvis Presley vs "Only The Lonely" by Roy Orbison "Then He Kissed Me" by The Crystals vs "Street Fighting Man" by The Rolling Stones "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells vs "My Generation" by The Who "Gloria" by Them vs "Purple Haze" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience "The Weight" by The Band vs "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival "Time of The Season" by The Zombies vs "Heroin" by The Velvet Underground "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys vs "Reach Out, I'll Be There" by The Four Tops GROUP D "Venus in Furs" by The Velvet Underground vs "Catch The Wind" by Donovan "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5 vs "Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGs vs "Turn, Turn, Turn" by The Birds "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan vs "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson vs "Gimme Shelter" by Rolling Stones "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" by James Brown vs "Break on Through" by The Doors "Norwegian Wood" by Beatles vs "Scarborough Fair" by Simon & Garfunkel "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong vs "Come See About Me" by The Supremes

I correct my previous statement; zero people from RonL's list that I might want. Blast it all.

-- yeah, it was timed poorly because then posts went up in between. The same last-minute thought process as Spike leading to the drafting of a Simpson family pet. Though, actually, I too got tired of the overquoting/playing/singing of the Spiderpig theme, but that's another story.

... see, pretty much the exact same thing happened to me, except with a different Simpson family pet. As such, my fifth draft pick is... Santa's Little Helper

Hahaha, if Hibbert were still there by the time my next pick rolled around I was going to pick him just because wow, he's like one of the last major-ish recurring characters left at this point.

"He's a good guy. I like 'im, I got nothin' against 'im. But I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children." "You know, they do have a mother, Champ." "Yes, but I imagine she would die of grief." And now, welcome back into decent society, the heavyweight champion of the world, Mr. Armageddon... Drederick Tatum!

I was planning that all along... RonL's picks are offically up for grabs. ... wow was my timing atrocious. EDIT: ... though actually, looking at his list there's only one or two people I might want.

"And now to kill you. There may be a slight ringing in your ears. Fortunately, you'll be nowhere near them." Cecil's another guy who I had been thinking of drafting for a long time, so while I'm disappointed I didn't get him, he's a great pick for sure.

For my fifth and final director... Wes Anderson And, with Wes Anderson comes the obvious next step of drafting... Owen Wilson

That just happened to me with Snake; he wasn't my next draft pick but he was very much on the shortlist and I would have picked him up after my next one were he still available by then.

And this, kids, is why you always use the quote function before it's too late and you look like a raving lunatic. When will I learn?

You mean Rando and not Scroby, right?

Lyle Lanley holy shit, this draft is getting more epic by the pick.

"Kids, turn off the TV, I have some bad news about Lenny!" "Oh, no! Not Lenny!"

Well, two ("Business School" and also "Branch Wars"), but same difference, he's certainly not around enough for that to be the case.

Edna Krabappel "She's faking it."

Hahaha, Moleman was on my shortlist too. I almost went with him last round but I opted to go with Jasper instead.

"Talkin' out of turn... that's a paddlin'. Lookin' out the window.... that's a paddlin'. Starin' at my sandals.... that's a paddlin'. Paddlin' the school canoe... oh, you'd better believe that's a paddlin'." Jasper

... and my third string pick. Ow.

... and there goes my second-string pick too. I expected Ned to go, though, I'm almost surprised he wasn't picked in the first round.